Synopsis shortly before his death, this was Carver's fourth collection of short fiction. It was nominated for both a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Critics Circle Award Publisher's Note A major collection of Carvers short stories, including seven new stories written shortly before the author's death in 1988. A unique collection by an extraordinary writer, this collection of...(展开全部)

Synopsis shortly before his death, this was Carver's fourth collection of short fiction. It was nominated for both a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Critics Circle Award Publisher's Note A major collection of Carvers short stories, including seven new stories written shortly before the author's death in 1988. A unique collection by an extraordinary writer, this collection of...(展开全部)

雷蒙德∙卡佛（1938-1988），美国当代著名短篇小说家、诗人。被称为“美国二十世纪下半叶最重要的小说家”和小说界“简约主义”的大师，是“继海明威之后美国最具影响力的短篇小说作家”。《伦敦时报》在他去世后称他为“美国的契诃夫”。他被认为是美国八十年代后短篇小说复兴的最大功臣。 卡佛19岁高中毕业后，即娶妻养家，艰难谋生。人生的前半部分，在失业、酗酒、破产中度过，妻离子散，只能在贫困潦倒中坚持写作。 70年代后卡佛的写作成就渐受瞩目，1979年获古根海姆奖金，并两次获国家艺术基金奖金；1983年获米尔德瑞──哈洛斯特劳斯终生成就奖；1985年获《诗歌》杂志莱文森奖；1988年被提名为美国艺术文学院院士，并获哈特弗大学荣誉文学博士学位，同时获布兰德斯小说奖。

A collection of masterful short stories in Julio Cortazar's sophistocated, powerful and gripping style. 'Julio Cortazar is truly a sorcerer and the best of him is here, in these hilariously fraught and almost eerily affecting stories' Kevin Barry A grieving family home becomes the site of a terrifying invasion. A frustrated love triangle, brought together by a plundered Aztec i...(展开全部)

This collection of 100 of O Henry's finest stories is a showcase for the sheer variety of one of America's best and best-loved short story writers The variety of the stories is amazing; O Henry is as at home describing life south of the Rio Grande as he is chronicling the activities and concerns of 'the four million' ordinary citizens who inhabited turn-of-the-century New York....(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

The sheer variety and accomplishment of Elizabeth Gaskell's shorter fiction is amazing. This new volume contains six of her finest stories that have been selected specifically to demonstrate this, and to trace the development of her art. As diverse in setting as in subject matter, these tales move from the gentle comedy of life in a small English country town in Dr Harrison's C...(展开全部)

Longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award A Washington Post, Chicago Review of Books, Kirkus, and Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Month “Inventive, funny and moving.” ―The New York Times Book Review Translated from the German by Damion Searls Winner of the German Book Prize, Saša Stanišic’s inventive and surprising novel asks: what makes us who we are? In August, 1...(展开全部)

ONE OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2017 Containing twelve new stories and nine classics from previous collections, Signals is Tim Gautreaux at his best. Effortlessly conjuring the heat and humidity of the author’s beloved South, these stories of men and women grappling with faith, small town life, and blue-collar work are alternately ridiculous and sublime. ...(展开全部)